It’s late summer and the heat wave killed the grass on your lawn, so what better to do than challenge Bob Cleveland’s record for the fastest lawn mower yet? Not sure your mower has what it’ll take to race down the salt flats at over 80 MPH? Wimp.
Utah’s KSL TV quotes Bob saying “we don’t [...]

Posted August 11, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: Bob Cleveland, land speed, lawn, lawn mower speed record, lawnmower, mower, mph, record, salt flats, speed, utah, world record. 29 Comments.

I pointed out this Jet Turbine Powered Toyota MR2 a year ago, but now I’ve discovered Ron Patrick’s Jet Powered VW Beatle. The story is well told in a San Francisco Gate article from April (with bonus video), which describes the builder:
Patrick is a 48-year-old Stanford-trained (Ph.D.) engineer who owns ECM (Engine Control and Monitoring), [...]

Posted July 4, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: afterburner, car, cars, fireworks, flame, General Electric T58, go fast, jet, jet car, jet powered, jet powered bug, jet powered Volkswagen, jet turbine, jetcar, mod, Ron Patrick, speed, turbine, Volkswagen Bug. One Comment.